Photos: Arizona star Deandre Ayton makes Wildcats program history at NBA Draft
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Deandre Ayton became the Arizona Wildcats' first No. 1 overall NBA Draft selection when the Phoenix Suns took him with the top pick in New York on Thursday night. Below are the sights of the night from Barclays Center in Brooklyn and Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix.
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Arizona's Deandre Ayton, center, is introduced before the NBA basketball draft in New York, Thursday, June 21, 2018. The Phoenix Suns selected Ayton with the first pick. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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In 2018, Deandre Ayton, right, became the first Arizona Wildcat to be taken with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft.
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Arizona's Deandre Ayton, right, shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after he was picked first overall by the Phoenix Suns during NBA basketball draft in New York, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Arizona's Deandre Ayton, right, poses with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after the Phoenix Suns selected Ayton with the first pick in the NBA basketball draft in New York, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Phoenix Suns fans Josie Velasco, Michael Velasco, Angel Velasco and Susan Velasco, from left, cheer in Phoenix as the Suns selected Deandre Ayton with the first pick in the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Phoenix Suns fans cheer and capture the moment in Phoenix as the Suns picked Deandre Ayton as the first overall selection in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Phoenix Suns fans in Phoenix listen to the live broadcast as the Suns picked Deandre Ayton as the first selection in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Phoenix Suns fans listen and watch as the Suns picked Deandre Ayton as the first selection in the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Phoenix Suns fans Michael Velasco, left, and Angel Velasco, right, cheer in Phoenix as the Suns picked Deandre Ayton with the first selection in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Arizona's Deandre Ayton, top right, is congratulated by friends and family after he was picked first overall by the Phoenix Suns during the NBA basketball draft in New York, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Arizona's Deandre Ayton, right, is congratulated by friends and family after he was picked first overall by the Phoenix Suns during the NBA basketball draft in New York, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Phoenix Suns fans watch as Deandre Ayton, whom the Suns selected with the first pick in the NBA basketball draft, talks to the local fans Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Phoenix Suns Dancers cheer as the Suns picked Deandre Ayton with the first selection in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Deandre Ayton, the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Wildcats made NBA Draft history together.
More information
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